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Reading this, I found myself nodding along after I replaced: - musician to developer - online music to open source project - performance to consulting/traini

Reading this, I found myself nodding along after I replaced: - musician to developer - online music to open source project - performance to consulting/training/conferences It’s funny thinking about all the similarities between the two.

nabla9 7y ago
Software business is service business pretending to be manufacturing business.
username90 7y ago
The main difference is that you can't easily substitute one piece of code for another leading to little reuse and huge demand for custom solutions. Songs on the other hand mostly substitute fine within genres, we could stop producing music entirely and people would still have more than enough music to keep them happy.
- dajohnson89 7y ago
  disagree. part of what makes art valuable is its commentary on the human experience. which is changing every day.
- hootbootscoot 7y ago
  what a dismal dark musical world this invokes. I suppose this works for people who don't actually listen to music in any sort of appreciably observant fashion. I get that some people basically just vibe along with music and don't hear the harmonic movement, the intervals, the tones of the instruments. This point of view gives zero credence the possibility of any actually original music.
  - yourtpmpackager 7y ago
    >the harmonic movement, the intervals, the tones of the instruments Are you a boomer? These days nobody respectable listens to music where those things are present and IMO that's a good thing.
    - taylodl 7y ago
      What music are you listening to that doesn’t have harmonic movement or intervals?
dehrmann 7y ago
But there's a shortage of developers, and there's a big difference between building what FAANG wants you to build and what you want to build. A better analogy is up-and-coming musicians and startups. You struggle in a garage until you're discovered, then you sign away most of your rights for bad working conditions and a three-year run.

nabla9 7y ago

Software business is service business pretending to be manufacturing business.

username90 7y ago

The main difference is that you can't easily substitute one piece of code for another leading to little reuse and huge demand for custom solutions. Songs on the other hand mostly substitute fine within genres, we could stop producing music entirely and people would still have more than enough music to keep them happy.

dajohnson89 7y ago
disagree. part of what makes art valuable is its commentary on the human experience. which is changing every day.
hootbootscoot 7y ago
what a dismal dark musical world this invokes. I suppose this works for people who don't actually listen to music in any sort of appreciably observant fashion. I get that some people basically just vibe along with music and don't hear the harmonic movement, the intervals, the tones of the instruments. This point of view gives zero credence the possibility of any actually original music.
- yourtpmpackager 7y ago
  >the harmonic movement, the intervals, the tones of the instruments Are you a boomer? These days nobody respectable listens to music where those things are present and IMO that's a good thing.
  - taylodl 7y ago
    What music are you listening to that doesn’t have harmonic movement or intervals?

dehrmann 7y ago

But there's a shortage of developers, and there's a big difference between building what FAANG wants you to build and what you want to build. A better analogy is up-and-coming musicians and startups. You struggle in a garage until you're discovered, then you sign away most of your rights for bad working conditions and a three-year run.